Omen 38.27'
Frank Simons, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 38.27", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:22 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-27-/tei
↓ 38.27' 
K 03726+iii   12  ⸢DIŠ⸣⸢MIN⸣ina⸢KASKAL⸣[…Z]I-úNUDU
K 03726+If a City 2, p. 283, *38.26', Ex(1)DIŠMINina it[…Z]I-u₂NUDU
K 08048+   9  DIŠUR.MEinaKASKALanaUGUGÌ[R…]
K 08048+If a City 2, p. 283, *38.25a, Ex(3)DIŠUR.MEinaKASKALanaUGUNA[…]
K 06315+   9'  […]⸢ana⸣⸢UGU⸣⸢GÌR⸣₁₅NAi-lianaKASKALZI-úNUDU
K 06315+If a City 2, p. 283, *38.26', Ex(2)[…] miGIR₃₁₅NAi-lianaKASKALZI-u₂NUDU
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  • DIŠUR.MEinaKASKALanaUGUGÌR₁₅NAi-lianaKASKALZI-úNUDU
  • If a City2, p. 274, *38.26'
    DIŠUR.MEina it[…] miGIR₃₁₅NAi-lianaKASKALZI-u₂NUDU
  • šummasāmānuinaḫarrānianamuḫḫišēpimittiamēliīlianaḫarrānitbûulillak
  • If a blister beetle climbs onto a man's right foot on the road- he will not go on a journey which he set out to (undertake).
  • If a City2, p. 275, *38.26'
    If a moth climbs up on the […] of man's right foot, he will not go on a road that he knows.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY

Note that collation has allowed us to place K 08048+ 9 with this omen: transliteration and translation of this line were not included by If a City 2, 274-275. However, the line was included in the score (If a City 2, 283) as omen *38.25a and it is mentioned on page 275, n. 25 as an interpolation because of its alleged similarity with omen *38.25' (= 38.26' in this edition).

The translation of the apodosis in If a City 2, (275, *38.26') seems mistakenly to take ZI as ZU.

Note the association between the mention of a man's foot in the protasis and the reference to a journey in the apodosis. See also 38.28'.